Due to the First World War in the United States and Europe, studies were initiated with different kinds of gelatins. The Gelatin Nutrition and Medicine book contains the following information in relation to the colitical origin of the arthritis:

1) It is mentioned a work of A. Almerini published in Art Di Ortop in 1907, which is based in the work of Silvia and Colla. In this work it's stated that the gelatin stimulates the bone’s generative activity, It was also observed an increase in the calcium and nitrogen fixation in the bones with the ingestion of gelatin.

2) Also the work of E. Cohn Die Therape D. 1905 is mentioned. This work concludes that due to the colloidal character of the gelatin, it recovers the mucous of the intestinal region and protects it, also reporting good results in the treatment of hyperacidity for protection against ulcers. He also showed himself impressed with the results obtained with gelatin in the cure of colitis.

In the same way it is mentioned the simplicity whereupon the gelatin is absorbed without causing upsets. Its excess can be eliminated easily instead of fermenting causing annoying gases. R. Hutchison mentions the gelatin’s simplicity to fixate great amounts of acid in the digestive process, being useful in the treatment of hyper secretion of stomach acid.

Rechhold and recently Mc. Clendon the same as Mitchell include the gelatin in the list of food recommended for colitis and gastric ulcers.

In the same sense there are Schaps’s works, moreover he experimented successfully with gelatin in the treatment of pylorus spasms, treating the vomits produced by pyloric stenosis.

Works like A. F. R. Andersen-Am’s J. Digest Diste & Nutr in 1937 mention the favorable effects of the gelatin in the digestion of the superior intestinal region, providing improvements to patients that suffer spasmic colitis.

It also recommends diets based in the gelatin’s hydro colloidal to help the slow digestion, forming of gases, acidity and upsets that affect the heart, lungs, gall bladder and appendix.

Potternger recommends in his work F. M. Jr-en Am J. Digest 1938, suggest the use of gelatin to relief gastritis, explaining this relief partly to a certain nervous relax. Consequence of a better digestion and this is a very important conclusion, because in great extent the joint discomfort generated by the arthritis is due to a kind of stress caused by a bad digestion or intestinal upsets.

Many studies have been made in relation to gelatin according to the book Gelatin in Nutrition and Medicine published by Grayslake Gelatin Co.

A compilation of many of these works published until 1945.
There exist works such as Stone and Abeles and Baker with reference to the treatment of a muscular (diasthropy), which recommend the use of gelatin for hair, nails and for stopping the damage in cartilages.
 

Twenty years from now when it was seen the seriousness of the symptoms of arthritis and osteoporosis had in society, investigation works generated in Germany, France and the United States were taken into account. Such is the case of:

In the book Arthritis and Allied Conditions, a textbook of rheumatology Mc. Caty and Daniel 1979. The colitis is related as an originator of arthritic manifestations in the joints.

In the collagen oral article for rheumatoid arthritis from the Medical Sciences Bulletin Published by Pharmaceutical Information Associates Ltd, the arthritis characterized by the inflammation of the synovial membrane is described. This arthritis damages cartilages and bones. This disease is considered like the autoimmune origin due to the ingestion of a strange protein in the organism which generates autoimmunity that degrades bones and cartilages. In this work the use of (gelatin) collagen was successful as an auto antigen against the autoimmune attack.

1- The cartilages and bones affected by the arthritis are structured by collagen and as the gelatin is a hydrolyzed soluble collagen, easy to absorb, it’s a good vehicle for nutrients and minerals. Specially the calcium, which contributes to the generative action of bones and strengthen of the cartilages.

2-   Due to its colloidal action the gelatin helps the treatment of colitic upsets, gastritis, hyperacidity. It also makes an easier digestion, relieving factors that influence the arthritis and nervous alterations.

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Since ten years ago it has been sold in Europe, the United States and now in Mexico. In Mexico great amounts of products based on different kinds of gelatin announce in many ways their benefits in osteoporosis, arthritis and spasmodic colitis as well as the traditional in hair and nails.